| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 13.61% | 13.71% | 13.80% | 13.90% | 13.99% | 14.09% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%): | 
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| 9.6% | 10.7% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 13.8% | 14.9% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%): | 
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| 2.63% | 3.08% | 3.51% | 3.95% | 4.39% | 4.83% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.15% | 0.30% | 0.46% | 0.61% | 0.77% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 73.4% | 75.0% | 76.5% | 78.1% | 79.7% | 81.3% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 13.62% | 14.04% | 14.45% | 14.86% | 15.27% | 15.68% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%): | 
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| 3.3% | 5.1% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 10.5% | 12.3% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%): | 
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.63% | 0.84% | 1.06% |  
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Armed Forces: 
persons on active duty in the Armed Forces
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Employed: 
persons who did any work for pay during the survey week, those who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-owned enterprise operated by someone in their household, and those who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs
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Unemployed: 
persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work
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Not in Labor Force: 
not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week
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Working-Age Men: 
males aged 35 to 44 years old, the national peak employment age
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